“There is no question that Judge Kavanaugh is qualified to serve on the Supreme Court, and in a different political environment, he would be confirmed overwhelmingly,” Corker said in a statement.

As a senator on the Judiciary Committee, Flake’s support for Kavanaugh guarantees that the full Senate will vote on his confirmation, which is scheduled for Tuesday. The committee heard testimony Wednesday from Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who accused him of sexually assaulting him when they were teenagers. Kavanaugh denied the allegations.

“Our justice system affords a presumption of innocence to the accused, absent corroborating evidence. This is what binds us to the rule of law,” Flake said in a statement.

After Flake announced his vote, he was confronted in an elevator on his way to the hearing by several female victims of sexual assault, one of whom said “Look at me and tell me that it doesn’t matter what happened to me, that you will let people like that go into the highest court of the land.”

A sexual assault survivor just confronted Jeff Flake (who just announced he's voting for Kavanaugh): "Don't look away from me! Look at me and tell me that it doesn't matter what happened to me, that you will let people like that go into the highest court of the land" pic.twitter.com/Jix2BI090B